Gerard's Citizen Green CGE1102

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Citizen Green CGE1102 Camping Radio

Sustainable Camper attribute

**Data for Citizen Green CGE1102**
Production	Asia, 2013.
Bands	MW (530-1600kHz), FM (88-108MHz).
Semi- conductors	CD1691CB (Radio IC).
Cabinet	Plastic. Size 14x8x4cm. Weight 250gr.
Power	NiMH, Rechargeable by hand crank, solar panel, USB, or adapter.
Documents	User instructions part 1 and part 2..

The Design

Modern radio's are a bit more compact than those of fifty years ago, but mostly follow the same general design. The radio is a standard analogue AM/FM set, this time with the printed circuit upside down. Where most often you see the resistors and capacitors on the board, here you see the printed circuitry and just one IC.

Noteworthy is the extra circuit board on the right. Because we deal with five power sources here (the rechargeable NiMH battery, the dynamo, a solar panel, USB port, and adapter jack), all power related functions are on this sub chassis. It also includes a blue LED that burns during charging of the battery. A missed opportunity here is the use as a flash torch. The image taken from the top side (right) shows that a ferrite antenna is placed under the circuit board, and you can also see the solar panel and the green battery there.

Obtained	12/2013 from Science Faculty; SN = 1002501654.
Condition	9; slight discoloring of the case.
Disposed	Sold 10/2023.
Sound sample	PLAY SOUND Let us see, when can I charge my radio. Interestingly, the same company also has goodies powered by water, and perhaps I should have chosen one of those…

This Object

Rafaël conducted an interview with me about old radios and wrote a thesis on building an AM radio.

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